CN214549322U

CN214549322U - Knife and fork tray and dish washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN214549322U
Application number: CN202120270916.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 雷发桂; 曹红奎
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-29
Filing date: 2021-01-29
Publication date: 2021-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-29

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of domestic appliance, especially, relate to a knife and fork tray and dish washer, this knife and fork tray is applicable to in the dish washer, and this knife and fork tray includes the bottom and encloses the frame, enclose the frame and enclose and locate around the bottom, and with the bottom encloses jointly and establishes the installation cavity that is used for the holding tableware that is used for, it is used for dodging to enclose to be equipped with on the frame the groove of dodging of the spray arm of dish washer. When pushing in or pulling out the washing intracavity of dish washer, the spray arm is from dodging the inslot process, thereby avoided spray arm and knife and fork tray to interfere mutually, and simultaneously, dodge the setting in groove, shorten the distance between the top surface in knife and fork tray and washing chamber, thereby make knife and fork tray and the bowl basket that is located knife and fork tray below have bigger spatial distance between them, make the space of bearing the weight of the tableware of bowl basket bigger, can hold more tableware in the washing chamber, the space utilization in washing chamber has been improved greatly, the load capacity of dish washer has been improved.

Description

Knife and fork tray and dish washing machine

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of domestic appliance, especially relates to a knife and fork tray and dish washer.

Background

With the rapid development of the dish-washing machine, people are released from heavy household labor; at present, the domestic and foreign dish washers are all provided with a knife and fork tray, and in order to ensure the cleaning effect of the knife and fork tableware, the knife and fork tray is matched with a spray arm arranged at the top of a washing cavity of the dish washer for use; when the washing machine is used specifically, tableware carried on the knife and fork tray is cleaned by the rotation of the spray arm and the sprayed washing water.

However, when the spray arm is long or is provided with a lifting and raising condition, the interference risk between the spray arm and the knife and fork tray or tableware can be increased, so that the installation position of the knife and fork tray needs to be as low as possible to avoid the interference between the spray arm and the knife and fork tray, the spatial distance between the knife and fork tray and the bowl basket positioned at the lower part of the knife and fork tray can be sacrificed, and the space waste of the washing cavity of the dish washing machine is caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the application is to provide a knife and fork tray and dish washer, aim at solving to avoid among the prior art spray arm and knife and fork tray to interfere, the mounted position of knife and fork tray needs the as low as possible, leads to the extravagant technical problem in dish washer washing chamber space.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: the utility model provides a knife and fork tray, is applicable to in the dish washer, knife and fork tray includes the bottom and encloses the frame, enclose the frame and enclose and locate around the bottom, and with the bottom encloses jointly and establishes the installation cavity that is used for the holding tableware that is used for, it is used for dodging to enclose to be equipped with on the frame the groove of dodging of dish washer's spray arm.

Optionally, the depth of the avoidance groove is t₁The height of the rotating space of the spray arm is h, and the depth of the mounting cavity is t₂Said t is₁H and t₂Satisfies the following relation:

h≤t₁≤t₂。

optionally, the t₁And said t₂Also, the following relation is satisfied:

t₂/3≤t₁≤t₂/2。

optionally, enclose be equipped with on the frame and be used for the user to grip in order to with the knife and fork tray impels the handle portion of pulling out washing chamber in the dish washer, handle portion with dodge the groove and set up respectively in enclose on the relative both sides wall of frame.

Optionally, the cutlery tray is a plastic tray.

Optionally, the bottom is a mesh structure.

Optionally, a roller shaft is arranged on the outer wall of the enclosure frame, and a roller used for being matched with a sliding rail in a washing cavity of the dishwasher is sleeved on the roller shaft.

Optionally, a vertical groove is formed in the end surface, facing away from the enclosure frame, of the roller shaft.

Optionally, a chamfer structure is arranged at an edge of the end part of the roller shaft, which faces away from the enclosure frame.

Another technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: a dish washing machine comprises the knife and fork tray.

Compared with the prior art, the knife and fork tray and dish washer that this application provided, its beneficial effect lies in: this knife and fork tray, when pushing or pulling out the washing intracavity of dish washer, the spray arm is from dodging the inslot process, thereby the spray arm has been avoided interfering with the knife and fork tray mutually, and simultaneously, dodge the setting in groove, shorten the distance between the top surface in knife and fork tray and washing chamber, thereby make knife and fork tray and the bowl basket that is located the knife and fork tray below have bigger spatial distance between, make the space of bearing the tableware of bowl basket bigger, can hold more tableware in the washing chamber, the space utilization in washing chamber has been improved greatly, the load capacity of dish washer has been improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a dishwasher according to a sixth embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a knife and fork tray according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the knife and fork tray shown in fig. 2 after the roller is hidden.

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a knife and fork tray provided in the third embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line C-C of fig. 5 when the cross-section of the draining bar is elliptical.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along line C-C of fig. 5 when the cross-section of the draining bar is diamond-shaped.

Fig. 9 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 7 at D.

Fig. 10 is a partial enlarged view at E in fig. 8.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a cutlery tray provided in the fourth embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 12 is a partial enlarged view at F in fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken along line G-G in fig. 11.

Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken along line H-H in fig. 11.

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of a cutlery tray provided in the fifth embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 16 is a sectional view taken along line I-I in fig. 15.

Fig. 17 is a partial enlarged view at J in fig. 16.

Fig. 18 is an exploded view of the cutlery tray shown in fig. 15.

Fig. 19 is a partial enlarged view at K in fig. 18.

Fig. 20 is a partial cross-sectional view of the fork tray of fig. 15 at the handle portion.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

1-knife and fork tray 2-spray arm 3-bowl basket

4-washing chamber 10-body 11-bottom

12-surrounding frame 13-handle cover 14-clearance groove

15-cavity 20-installation cavity 111-draining strip

112-support teeth 113-tooth row 114-support zone

115-groove 116-fixed cavity 121-avoiding groove

122-handle 123-roller shaft 124-roller

131-elastic buckle 132-guide structure 133-bottom plate part

134-third protrusion 1111-draining unit 1121-conical column part

1122-reinforcing rib 1123-cambered surface 1124-first supporting tooth

1125-second support teeth 1151-shallow grooves 1152-deep grooves

1161-fastening structure 1162-first projection 1221-handle wall

1231-vertical groove 1232-chamfer structure 1233-limiting protrusion

1311-first boss 1321-second boss 1341-through hole

11111-first straight line segment 11112-second straight line 11611-second convex part

11621-guide 13211-first segment 13212-second segment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to fig. 1-20 are exemplary and intended to be used to illustrate the present application and should not be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "lateral," "longitudinal," "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in FIGS. 1-20, merely to facilitate the description of the application and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and are not to be considered limiting of the application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1, a cutlery tray 1 is provided, which is suitable for use in a dishwasher, generally disposed at the top of a washing chamber 4 of the dishwasher, the cutlery tray 1 is mainly used for carrying tableware such as knives, forks, spoons, and shovels, and the cutlery tray 1 is particularly suitable for use in a dishwasher having three or more layers of plastic integrated cutlery trays 1.

Specifically, with reference to fig. 2, the cutlery tray 1 includes a bottom 11 and an enclosing frame 12, the enclosing frame 12 is arranged around the bottom 11 and encloses with the bottom 11 to form a mounting cavity 20 for accommodating tableware, wherein the height of the enclosing frame 12 is greater than the thickness of the bottom 11, and the upper end surface of the enclosing frame 12 is located on the upper surface of the bottom 11, so that the inner wall of the enclosing frame 12 and the upper surface of the bottom 11 enclose the mounting cavity 20, the tableware is placed in the mounting cavity 20, and the enclosing frame 12 plays a role in blocking the tableware and preventing the tableware from falling out of the mounting cavity 20; furthermore, an avoiding groove 121 for avoiding the spray arm 2 of the dish washing machine is arranged on the surrounding frame 12, wherein the avoiding groove 12 is arranged on the upper end surface of the surrounding frame so as to avoid the spray arm 2 at the top of the washing cavity 4 in the dish washing machine.

The utility model provides a knife and fork tray 1, when pushing or pushing out the washing chamber 4 of dish washer in, the spray arm 2 is from dodging groove 121 interior process, thereby the interference of spray arm 2 and knife and fork tray 1 has been avoided, and simultaneously, dodge the setting of groove 121, shorten the distance between the top surface of knife and fork tray 1 and washing chamber 4, thereby make knife and fork tray 1 and the bowl basket 3 that is located knife and fork tray 1 below have bigger spatial distance between, make the space that bears the tableware of bowl basket 3 bigger, can hold more tableware in the washing chamber 4, the space utilization of washing chamber 4 has been improved greatly, the loading capacity of dish washer has been improved.

In this embodiment, the depth of the escape groove 121 of the cutlery tray 1 is t₁The height of the rotating space of the spray arm 2 is h, and the depth of the mounting cavity 20 is t₂，t₁H and t₂Satisfies the following relation: h is less than or equal to t₁≤t₂. Specifically, the depth t1 of the avoiding groove 121 is greater than or equal to the height h of the rotation space of the spray arm 2, so that the interference between the spray arm 2 and the surrounding frame 12 of the knife and fork tray 1 can be completely avoided, and meanwhile, the depth t of the avoiding groove 121 is avoided₁Depth t of mounting cavity 20 is not more than₂Ensuring that the base 11 does not interfere with the spray arm 2.

In the present embodiment, t₁And t₂Also, the following relation is satisfied: t is t₂/3≤t₁≤t₂/2. In particular, the depth t of the groove 121 will be avoided₁Set within the above range, the spray arm 2 is ensured not to interfere with the knife and fork tray 1The knife and fork tray 1 can be ensured to have good structural strength, and can play a role in stably supporting tableware; if the depth t of the groove 121 is avoided₁The arrangement is too small, so that on one hand, the manufacturing cost is increased due to too much accumulation of the whole material, and on the other hand, the problem of interference caused by small distance between the spray arm 2 and the avoiding groove 121 is avoided; if the depth t of the groove 121 is avoided₁The arrangement is too large, the depth of the avoiding groove 121 is too deep, the overall structural strength of the knife and fork tray 1 is weak, and the knife and fork tray is easy to damage.

In the embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the surrounding frame 12 has a handle portion 122 for a user to hold to push the cutlery tray 1 into and out of the washing chamber 4 in the dishwasher, and the handle portion 122 and the avoiding groove 121 are respectively disposed on two opposite sidewalls of the surrounding frame 12. The user pushes or pulls the cutlery tray 1 into or out of the washing chamber 4 of the dishwasher through the handle part 122, which is simple and convenient to operate; when the washing knife and fork tray is used specifically, the end of the enclosure frame 12 provided with the avoidance groove 121 is inserted into the washing cavity 4, and then the whole knife and fork tray 1 is pushed into the washing cavity 4 by pushing the handle part 122 for washing; after the washing is finished, the whole knife and fork tray 1 is pulled out of the washing cavity 4 by pulling the handle part 122; in this process, since the avoiding groove 121 and the handle portion 122 are respectively disposed on two opposite sidewalls of the enclosure frame 12, the spray arm 2 directly passes through the avoiding groove 121 to enter or move out of the installation cavity 20 during the process of pushing and pulling the knife and fork tray 1 out of the washing cavity 4, thereby completely avoiding the interference between the spray arm 2 and the enclosure frame 12.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the surrounding frame 12 is a box structure, but in other embodiments, the surrounding frame 12 may be a rectangular frame, a circular frame, a pentagonal frame, or a frame structure of other closed structures.

In this embodiment, the cutlery tray 1 is a plastic tray. Specifically, the knife and fork tray 1 is made of plastic materials, is light in weight and convenient to push and pull, and is more time-saving and labor-saving in operation for a user.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, a roller shaft 123 is disposed on an outer wall of the enclosure frame 12, and a roller 124 for engaging with a slide rail in the washing chamber 4 of the dishwasher is sleeved on the roller shaft 123. In the process of pushing in and pulling out the knife and fork tray 1, the roller 124 slides on the sliding rail, so that the operation of pushing in and pulling out the washing cavity 4 of the dish washing machine by the knife and fork tray 1 is more time-saving and labor-saving; more specifically, the roller 124 is sleeved on the roller shaft 123 and is in clearance fit with the roller shaft 123, and the roller 124 rotates relative to the roller shaft 123, so that the roller 124 is slidably connected with the slide rail, and the push-pull operation of the knife and fork tray 1 is more time-saving and labor-saving.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the vertical groove 1231 is formed on the end surface of the roller shaft 123 facing away from the enclosure frame 12, and in the process of mounting the roller shaft 123 on the roller 124, the portions of the roller shaft 123 located at the two sides of the vertical groove 1231 are both retracted toward the vertical groove 1231, and the outer diameter of the roller shaft 123 is reduced, so that the roller 124 is mounted more time-saving and labor-saving, and in addition, when the roller 124 supports the slide rail, the portions of the roller shaft 123 located at the two sides of the vertical groove 1231 can both function to support the cutlery tray 1, and the support of the cutlery tray 1 is safer and more reliable, and compared with a general horizontal slotting structure, the structure can improve the overall bearing strength of the cutlery tray 1, meet the requirement of loading heavy cutlery, and improve the reliability of the cutlery tray 1 in use.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the vertical slot 1231 vertically penetrates through the end of the roller shaft 123 opposite to the enclosure frame 12, so that the installation operation of the roller 124 is simpler and more labor-saving; of course, the end of the roller shaft 123 opposite to the enclosure frame 12 may not be penetrated, and the specific structure may be set according to actual requirements.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, a chamfer structure 1232 is provided at the edge of the end of the roller shaft 123 facing away from the enclosure frame 12. Specifically, when the roller 124 is installed, the roller 124 can be sleeved on the roller shaft 123 along the inclined surface of the chamfer structure 1232, so that the roller 124 can be more easily installed on the roller shaft 123.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, a limiting protrusion 1233 is disposed at an end of the roller shaft 123 facing away from the enclosure frame 12, the limiting protrusion 1233 prevents the roller 124 from falling off from the roller shaft 123, and the roller 124 is fixed on the roller shaft 123 by the limiting protrusion 1233 and the outer wall of the enclosure frame 12, so as to achieve axial fixation of the roller 124.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the limiting protrusion 1233 is annular, the vertical groove 1231 vertically penetrates through the limiting protrusion 1233, and the chamfer structure 1232 is provided at an edge of the end of the limiting protrusion 1233, which faces away from the surrounding frame 12.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the bottom 11 is a net structure. When using, on the network structure was directly placed to the tableware, the washing water on the tableware and the residue were directly dropped through the hole on the network structure like this, avoided washing water and residue to stop on the tableware surface and lead to the tableware bacterial growing scheduling problem.

Example two

As shown in fig. 5 to 8, the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is: the net structure of the bottom 11 of the knife and fork tray 1, which may also be referred to as a knife and fork tray bottom net structure, is shown in fig. 5, and includes a plurality of draining strips 111 and a plurality of supporting teeth 112, as shown in fig. 6, the draining strips 111 are arranged in a criss-cross manner and are wavy in the vertical direction, the supporting teeth 112 are connected with the upward protruding portions of the draining strips 111 and are arranged at intervals and used for supporting tableware, wherein, it should be noted that, as shown in fig. 5, the supporting teeth 112 are arranged vertically, and tableware such as knives, forks, spoons and the like are directly placed on the draining strips 111 and are positioned between two adjacent supporting teeth 112, thereby playing a role of fixing the tableware; of course, in other embodiments, the supporting teeth 112 may be disposed obliquely, so that the dishes are inclined at a certain angle, and the washing water and residue on the dishes are prevented from staying on the dishes, which may cause the pollution of the dishes.

The utility model provides a net construction at bottom of cutlery tray, when using, the tableware is placed and is blocked simultaneously on waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 and fixes in between two adjacent support teeth 112, because waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 is wavy on vertical direction, and support tooth 112 and waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 upwards protruding position and be connected, like this the tableware card is gone into when the sunken position of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111, waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 and support tooth 112 provide more support fulcrums for the tableware, and simultaneously, sunken position also can be compatible various shapes better, the tableware of size, the reliability and stability that the improvement tableware supported.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 7 and 9, the cross section of the draining strip 111 of the bottom net structure of the cutlery tray is elliptical, so that the washing water and the residue on the tableware can be gathered and fall along the outer wall of the draining strip 111 under the action of the self gravity, thereby preventing the washing water and the residue from staying on the surface of the tableware to cause pollution, and improving the washing effect and the drying effect of the tableware.

Further, the oval major axis is vertical setting, and the wash water assembles the outer wall that drops along waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 more fast on the tableware like this to, this structure is little to the resistance of the upwards rivers that spout of knife fork tray 1, is favorable to promoting the washing and the drying effect of tableware.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 8 and 10, the cross section of the draining strip 111 of the bottom net structure of the cutlery tray is a quadrangle, and the upper side of the quadrangle is obliquely arranged downwards. The upper surface slope of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 is downward like this, and washing water and the residue on the tableware can collect the below of knife and fork tray 1 along with the upper surface on waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 fast, promotes drying effect, avoids the secondary pollution of tableware.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 8 and 10, the cross section of the draining strips 111 of the bottom net structure of the cutlery tray is diamond-shaped. The structure of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 is regular like this, convenient preparation, and furtherly, the diagonal of rhombus is vertical setting or level setting, and the washing water assembles along the outer wall of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall strip 111 more fast and drops on the tableware like this to, this structure is little to the resistance of the rivers that knife fork tray 1 up spouted, is favorable to promoting the washing and the drying effect of tableware.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the supporting teeth 112 of the bottom net structure of the fork-and-knife tray are installed at the highest position of the upward convex portion of the draining strip 111. Thus, when the tableware is placed between the supporting teeth 112, the tableware can fall into the downward concave part of the draining strip 111 under the action of the self gravity, the tableware is discharged more simply, conveniently and quickly, and the supporting stability and reliability of the tableware are better.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the draining strip 111 of the bottom net structure of the cutlery tray comprises a plurality of draining units 1111 connected in sequence, each draining unit 1111 comprises a first straight line segment 11111 and a second straight line segment 11112 connected in sequence, and the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 are arranged in a V shape; after the plurality of draining units 1111 are connected, the whole draining bar 111 is in a wave shape fluctuating up and down, specifically, when the openings of the draining units 1111 arranged in a V shape are arranged upwards, the first straight line segment 11111 of the previous draining unit 1111 is connected with the second straight line segment 11112 of the next draining unit 1111, and the supporting column is arranged at the connection position of the two adjacent draining units 1111, namely the supporting tooth 112 is arranged above the draining unit 1111, when tableware is placed between the two supporting teeth 112, the tableware can automatically fall between the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 of the draining unit 1111, and because the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 are both arranged in an inclined way, the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 can support and fix tableware with any shape and any size, the support of the tableware is stable and reliable, and the placing operation is simple and reliable; in addition, the washing water and the residues on the tableware can flow downwards along with the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 in an inclined mode and are gathered and dropped, the phenomenon that bacteria on the surface of the tableware grow and the wooden tableware becomes mildewed due to the fact that water is hung on the surface of the tableware is avoided, and the washing and drying effects of the tableware are improved.

In this embodiment, the angle between the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 of the bottom net structure of the cutlery tray is in the range of 5 to 60 °. Specifically, the included angle between the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 may be 5 °, 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, 25 °, 30 °, 35 °, 40 °, 45 °, 50 °, 55 ° or 60 °, and the included angle between the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 is set within the above range, and the inclined angles of the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 are reasonable, so as to facilitate the collection and dropping of the washing water, and if the angle is too small, the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 are arranged close to the vertical direction, so that the space occupied by the draining bar 111 in height is large, which reduces the loading space of the lower bowl basket 3, and in addition, the distance between the upper end of the first straight line segment 11111 and the upper end of the second straight line segment 11112 is relatively short, and the distance between the two support teeth 112 is small, which is not convenient for placing the tableware; if the angle is set too large, the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 are close to horizontal arrangement, and the washing water and the residues on the tableware are not easy to fall along the convergence, which is not beneficial to the washing and drying of the tableware.

In this embodiment, the included angle between the first straight line segment 11111 and the second straight line segment 11112 is in the range of 10 ° to 30 °, and the included angle is within this range, so that the draining effect of the tableware is good, and the tableware is easy to clean and dry.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the supporting teeth 112 of the bottom web structure of the cutlery tray form tooth rows 113 in the longitudinal direction, and the tooth rows 113 are arranged at intervals in the transverse direction; two or three adjacent rows 113 of teeth form a support region 114, and the distance between two adjacent support regions 114 is greater than the distance between two adjacent rows 113 of teeth. In use, the cutlery is placed laterally between the support tines 112 such that the cutlery spans several support areas 114, the cutlery being supported by the support tines 112 in the plurality of rows 113, the support of the cutlery being more stable and reliable; specifically, referring to fig. 5, the cutlery such as knives, forks and spoons are supported by the supporting teeth 112 in two adjacent supporting regions 114, and each supporting region 114 is supported by the supporting teeth 112 in two to three rows 113, so that the cutlery is more stably supported, and the interval between two adjacent supporting regions 114 is greater than the interval between two adjacent rows 113, so that the user can take out the cutlery from the gap between the two supporting regions 114 when taking out the cutlery from the cutlery tray 1, the gap between the two supporting regions 114 is large, and the cutlery is more easily taken out; meanwhile, the user can take out the tableware placed in the supporting area 114 from the gap between the supporting areas 114, and the use is convenient and quick.

In this embodiment, the part of the draining strips 111 of the bottom net structure of the cutlery tray, which is located between two adjacent supporting areas 114, is recessed downwards to form a groove 115, which groove 115 extends in the longitudinal direction. Specifically, when the tableware is taken out from the cutlery tray 1, the user's hand is directly inserted into the groove 115, so that the tableware is taken out, which is easier to take out.

In this embodiment, the depth of the groove 115 of the bottom web structure of the cutlery tray is greater than or equal to the thickness of the user's finger. Specifically, when the tableware is taken out from the cutlery tray 1, the user's hand may be completely extended into the groove 115 and then bent, thereby taking out the tableware, making the taking out of the tableware easier.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the supporting teeth 112 of the bottom mesh structure of the cutlery tray includes a conical column portion 1121 and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 1122, a lower end of the conical column portion 1121 is connected to the draining bar 111, and the reinforcing ribs 1122 are disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the conical column portion 1121, are spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the conical column portion 1121, and are parallel to an axial direction of the conical column portion 1121; in the top-down direction, the cross-sectional dimension of the reinforcing rib 1122 becomes smaller, and the cross-sectional dimension of the conical pillar portion 1121 becomes smaller. Specifically, the outer circumferential wall of the conical column portion 1121 is provided with the reinforcing ribs 1122, which can increase the structural strength of the supporting teeth 112 and ensure that the tableware is stably and reliably supported; in addition, the cross-sectional dimension of the rib 1122 is smaller and smaller, and the cross-sectional dimension of the conical pillar portion 1121 is smaller and smaller, so that the washing water on the dishes can rapidly drop along the outer peripheral wall of the conical pillar portion 1121 and the surface of the rib 1122, which is advantageous for drying the dishes.

Further, the number of the reinforcing ribs 1122 may be one, two, three, four or more than four, the reinforcing ribs 1122 are uniformly spaced along the circumferential direction of the conical column portion 1121, the greater the number of the reinforcing ribs is, the better the structural strength of the supporting teeth 112 is, and the more stable and reliable the tableware is supported.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the upper end surface of the conical pillar portion 1121 of the bottom net structure of the cutlery tray is an arc surface 1123 protruding upward. Due to the arrangement of the arc surface 1123, the upper end surface of the conical column portion 1121 is not easy to accumulate slag and store water, secondary pollution of tableware is avoided, in addition, the touch feeling of the arc surface 1123 is good, the use feeling of a user is good, and the user cannot be scratched.

The rest of this embodiment is the same as the first embodiment, and the unexplained features in this embodiment are explained by the first embodiment, which is not described herein again.

EXAMPLE III

The cutlery tray 1 provided by the third embodiment includes the enclosing frame 12 and the aforementioned cutlery tray bottom net structure, and the enclosing frame 12 is enclosed around the cutlery tray bottom net structure and is connected with the draining strip 111. The specific structure of the cutlery tray 1 refers to the second embodiment, and since the cutlery tray 1 adopts all the technical solutions of the embodiments of all the cutlery tray bottom mesh structures, all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the embodiments are also achieved, and no further description is given here.

Example four

As shown in fig. 10 to 14, the difference between this embodiment and the second embodiment is: the cutlery tray 1 comprises a body 10, the body 10 is provided with an installation cavity 20 for accommodating tableware, the bottom surface of the installation cavity 20 is provided with a plurality of supporting teeth 112, wherein, it should be noted that, as shown in fig. 10, the body 10 comprises a bottom 11 and an enclosing frame 12, the enclosing frame 12 is enclosed around the bottom 11 and forms the installation cavity 20 for accommodating tableware together with the bottom 11, the bottom 11 can be a cutlery tray bottom net structure of the second embodiment, the bottom 11 can also be formed by connecting a plurality of straight draining strips 11 in a criss-cross manner, or other structures, and specific structures of the cutlery tray can be selected according to actual needs.

Further, as shown in fig. 11, the supporting teeth 112 are located in the mounting cavity 20 and are used for supporting tableware, the supporting teeth 112 are arranged in a lattice form, and the heights of any two adjacent supporting teeth 112 are different, wherein, it should be noted that, as shown in fig. 13, the heights of two adjacent supporting teeth 112 are different in the transverse direction; as shown in fig. 14, the heights of two adjacent support teeth 112 are different in the longitudinal direction.

The knife and fork tray 1 of the embodiment of the application, because the supporting teeth 112 are the dot matrix and arrange the class, the tableware can be horizontal, vertically or obliquely put, thereby realize putting of any angle of tableware, in addition, highly inconsistent between two adjacent supporting teeth 112, explain then that the distance is bigger between the upper end of two adjacent supporting teeth 112, the tableware also falls into between two adjacent supporting teeth 112 more easily, realize the support of tableware, when specifically putting, can throw into knife and fork tray 1 with a plurality of tableware at will, the tableware is under self action of gravity, also can the automatic dispersion and fall into between two adjacent supporting teeth 112, thereby realize the stable support of tableware, the tableware can be simple and convenient, in the efficient knife and fork tray 1 of packing into, improve user's use experience.

In the present embodiment, the supporting teeth 112 are uniformly distributed and dispersed, and the interval between the dishes is larger than that of the existing cutlery tray 1 adopting the dense supporting structure, thereby providing better washing and drying effects.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 11, when the supporting teeth 112 are divided into a plurality of supporting areas 114, the supporting teeth 112 in each supporting area 114 are arranged in a lattice, a portion of the cavity bottom surface of the mounting cavity 20 located between two adjacent supporting areas 114 is recessed downward to form a groove 115, and the groove 115 extends in the longitudinal direction; the groove 115 is divided into a shallow groove 1151 and a deep groove 1152, the depth of the shallow groove 1151 is smaller than that of the deep groove 1152; specifically, referring to fig. 11, 13 and 14, the supporting regions 114 are divided into four, the grooves 115 between the two supporting regions 114 on the same side are shallow grooves 1151, the grooves 115 between the two supporting regions 114 in the middle are deep grooves 1152, the depth of the shallow grooves 1151 is smaller than that of the deep grooves 1152, and the shallow grooves 1151 are used for placing small-sized tableware, such as: tableware such as knives and forks; deep groove 1152 is used to hold large-sized dishes, such as: the arrangement of the deep and shallow grooves 1151 of the tableware such as a soup ladle and a slice can meet the discharge requirement of large-size tableware on one hand, and on the other hand, the loading height space of the knife and fork tray 1 and the bowl basket 3 positioned below the knife and fork tray is utilized to the maximum extent, so that the loading capacity of the dish-washing machine is improved; in addition, the deep groove 1152 is beneficial to supporting of large-size spoon-shaped tableware, a large-size part in the spoon shape is placed in the deep groove 1152, and a cake part of the spoon is clamped in the tooth row 113, so that the diversified loading requirements of the tableware are met.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 12, each of two adjacent supporting teeth 112 is divided into a first supporting tooth 1124 and a second supporting tooth 1125, and the height of the first supporting tooth 1124 is greater than that of the second supporting tooth 1125. First support tooth 1124 and the crisscross interval setting of second support tooth 1125 to form bearing structure, support tooth 112 only has two heights like this, and the crisscross interval setting of support tooth 112 of two heights, bearing structure's whole shape is regular like this, convenient preparation.

In the present embodiment, the first supporting teeth 1124 have a height H₁ Second support tooth 1125 has a height H₂，H₁And H₂The following relational expression is satisfied: h₁/3≤H2≤H₁/2. In particular, H₂＝H₁/3、H₂＝0.34H₁、H₂＝0.35H₁、H₂＝0.36H₁、H₂＝0.37H₁、H₂＝0.38H₁、H₂＝0.39H₁、H₂＝0.4H₁、H₂＝0.41H₁、H₂＝0.42H₁、H₂＝0.43H₁、H₂＝0.44H₁、H₂＝0.45H₁、H₂＝0.46H₁、H₂＝0.47H₁、H₂＝0.48H₁、H₂＝0.49H₁Or H₂＝0.5H₁Height H of second support tooth 1125₂Set up foretell within range, the difference in height is in reasonable within range between first support tooth 1124 and the second support tooth 1125 like this, guarantee that the tableware can get into smoothly between two adjacent support teeth 112, it is easier to make it put, also can guarantee that the tableware obtains reliable and stable support, if the difference in height sets up too big, the height of second support tooth 1125 is little for the height of first support tooth 1124, second support tooth 1125 can't play the effect of stable support tableware, if the undersize that the difference in height set up, then interval is little between the height between the upper end of first support tooth 1124 and the upper end of second support tooth 1125, the tableware is difficult for slipping into between two adjacent support teeth 112, cause and put the difficulty.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the end surface of the enclosure frame 12 away from the bottom 11 is disposed obliquely downward. Specifically, the end face of the enclosure frame 12 away from the bottom 11 may extend obliquely downward in the direction toward the inside of the mounting cavity 20, so that the washing water and the residue on the upper portion of the enclosure frame 12 automatically fall into the mounting cavity 20 along the oblique direction of the end face thereof and finally flow out from the bottom 11 of the cutlery tray 1, or the end face of the enclosure frame 12 away from the bottom 11 may extend obliquely downward in the direction toward the outside of the mounting cavity 20, so that the washing water and the residue on the upper portion of the enclosure frame 12 flow onto the outer wall of the enclosure frame 12 along the oblique direction of the end face thereof and finally flow out along the outer wall of the enclosure frame 12; the end face of the enclosure frame 12 far away from the bottom 11 is obliquely and downwards arranged, so that water flow at the top is guided, slag accumulation is avoided, and the cleaning and drying effects of the tableware are improved; or, one part of the end surface of the enclosing frame 12 far away from the bottom 11 extends upwards and downwards in the direction of the mounting cavity 20, and the other part of the end surface of the enclosing frame 12 far away from the bottom 11 extends upwards and downwards in the direction of the end surface far away from the mounting cavity 20, so that the washing water and the residues on the upper part of the enclosing frame 12 are divided into two parts which respectively fall downwards and downwards in an inclined manner to the lower part of the knife and fork tray 1, which is beneficial to guiding the water flow on the top part, is not beneficial to residue accumulation, and improves the washing and drying effects of the tableware; of course, other structures can be adopted, and only the water flow guiding at the top is facilitated, and the slag accumulation is not facilitated.

The rest of this embodiment is the same as the embodiment, and the unexplained features in this embodiment are explained by the embodiment two, which is not described again here.

EXAMPLE five

As shown in fig. 15 to 20, the difference between this embodiment and the second embodiment is: as shown in fig. 15, 16 and 17, the cutlery tray 1 further includes a handle cover 13, the end surface of the enclosing frame 12 close to the bottom 11 is provided with a fixing cavity 116, the handle cover 13 is fastened in the fixing cavity 116, the side wall surface of the fixing cavity 116 far away from the mounting cavity 20 is a handle wall 1221, the handle cover 13 is arranged close to the handle wall 1221, and the side surface of the handle cover 13 close to the mounting cavity 20 and the inner wall of the fixing cavity 116 together enclose a clearance groove 14 for a user's finger to extend into.

Specifically, the knife and fork tray 1 of the embodiment of the application, back in fixed chamber 116 is buckled to handle lid 13, when knife and fork tray 1 pushes in and draws in dish washer washing chamber 4, user's hand directly stretches into in avoiding dead slot 14 back, grasp handle lid 13 and handle wall 1221, thereby push and stimulate this knife and fork tray 1, through the setting of handle lid 13, the thickness of the handle portion 122 of knife and fork tray 1 has been increased, the holistic structural strength of handle portion 122 has also been improved, the push-and-pull of this knife and fork tray 1 is felt also improved.

In the present embodiment, the provision of the clearance groove 14 facilitates the user to insert and pull the grip portion 122 of the fork and knife tray 1 without wasting the space for loading the fork and knife tray 1.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 15, the fixing cavity 116 extends along the circumferential direction of the surrounding frame 12 to form an annular cavity, so as to reduce the mass of the entire cutlery tray 1, and achieve a light weight design of the cutlery tray 1, and at the same time, the side wall of the annular cavity near the mounting cavity 20 at the handle portion 122 protrudes toward the mounting cavity 20, so as to increase the space of the clearance groove 14, and the hand of the user can be more comfortably and conveniently inserted; of course, in other embodiments, in order to ensure the structural strength of the actual cutlery tray 1, the fixing cavity 116 may be formed only in the handle portion 122 of the enclosure frame 12, and the specific structure thereof may be selected according to actual requirements.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 17, the handle cover 13 is provided with a snap 131, and the inner wall of the clearance groove 14 is provided with a fastening structure 1161 adapted to the snap 131. Specifically, the handle cover 13 is mounted by snapping the elastic buckle 131 onto the buckling structure 1161, and the mounting operation is simple and easy to manufacture.

Alternatively, the number of the snap buttons 131 may be one, two, three, or more than three, and the greater the number of the snap buttons 131, the better the mounting reliability of the handle cover 13.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 17, the elastic buckle 131 includes a first protruding portion 1311, the first protruding portion 1311 is disposed at an end of the handle cover 13 near the bottom surface of the fixing cavity 116, the buckling structure 1161 includes a second protruding portion 11611 disposed on an inner wall of the fixing cavity 116, and the first protruding portion 1311 can be hooked on the second protruding portion 11611. Specifically, when mounting, the handle cover 13 can be mounted by merely pushing the handle cover 13 into the fixing cavity 116 so that the first protrusion 1311 is hooked on the second protrusion 11611, and the structure is simple and reliable.

In this embodiment, the handle cover 13 and the entire cutlery tray 1 are made of plastic, wherein, referring to fig. 17, the handle cover 13 has a certain deformation capability, so that when the first protrusion 1311 is hooked on the second protrusion 11611, the first protrusion 1311 is located above the second protrusion 11611, and when the handle cover 13 is pushed into the fixing cavity 116 from below, the second protrusion 11611 pushes the first protrusion 1311 to deform in a direction away from the second protrusion 11611, so that the first protrusion 1311 passes through the second protrusion 11611 and then is hooked on the second protrusion 11611, and the snap-fit between the snap-fit structure 131 and the snap-fit structure 1161 is realized, that is, the handle cover 13 is fixed.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 18 and 19, the handle wall 1221 is provided with a guide groove 11621 extending in the depth direction of the fixing cavity 116, and the handle cover 13 is provided with a guide structure 132 slidably coupled to the guide groove 11621. Specifically, before the first protruding portion 1311 is snapped onto the second protruding portion 11611, the guiding structure 132 on the handle cover 13 is snapped into the guiding groove 11621 and slides into the fixing cavity 116 under the guiding action of the guiding groove 11621 until the first protruding portion 1311 is snapped onto the second protruding portion 11611, so that the handle cover 13 is snapped, and meanwhile, the guiding action of the guiding groove 11621 and the guiding structure 132 enables the first protruding portion 1311 to be accurately hooked onto the second protruding portion 11611, and the handle cover 13 can be installed by one-time sliding and one-time snapping, so that the structure is simple and reliable.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 19 and 20, the wall surface of the handle wall 1221 near the installation cavity 20 is provided with a first protrusion 1162, and the guide groove 11621 is provided on the side surface of the first protrusion 1162; the guiding structure 132 includes a second protrusion 1321 disposed on the handle cover 13, the second protrusion 1321 includes a second segment 13212 formed by bending the first segment 13211 and the first segment 13211, and the second segment 13212 is slidably inserted into the guiding slot 11621. Specifically, when mounting, only after the second segment 13212 of the second protrusion 1321 is snapped into the guide slot 11621 and slides along the length direction of the guide slot 11621 until the first protrusion 1311 is hooked on the second protrusion 11611 and the side surface of the first protrusion 1162 of the guide slot 11621 is snapped into the guide slot 11621, the handle cover 13 cannot move back and forth, so as to achieve front and back positioning of the handle cover 13.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 19 and 20, the handle wall 1221 has two first protrusions 1162 on the wall surface near the installation cavity 20, and the guide grooves 11621 on the two first protrusions 1162 are disposed opposite to each other; the handle cover 13 is provided with two guiding structures 132, and the second sections 13212 of the two guiding structures 132 are arranged oppositely and are respectively clamped in the two guiding grooves 11621 in a sliding manner. Specifically, referring to fig. 20, one of the second sections 13212 of the two guide structures 132 extends leftward and the other extends rightward, and the second sections are respectively snapped into two oppositely disposed guide slots 11621, so that the handle cover 13 cannot move in the left-right direction, thereby achieving the left-right positioning of the handle cover 13.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 20, the handle cover 13 includes a bottom plate portion 133 and a third protrusion 134 surrounding an edge of the bottom plate portion 133, and the third protrusion 134 abuts against the handle wall 1221. The third protrusion 134 increases the thickness of the handle cover 13 and the thickness of the handle portion 122 of the knife and fork tray 1, and is favorable for improving the push-pull hand feeling of the knife and fork tray 1.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 19 and 20, the bottom plate 133, the third protrusion 134 and the wall surface of the handle wall 1221 together enclose the cavity 15, and the cavity 15 can reduce the material accumulation of the entire handle cover 13 and the weight of the entire cutlery tray 1; further, the third protrusion 134 is opened with a through hole 1341 for discharging the washing water and the residue in the cavity 15. In the process of washing the dishwasher, the washing water and the residue entering the cavity 15 can be discharged from the through hole 1341, so as to keep the handle portion 122 of the cutlery tray 1 dry and free from peculiar smell.

EXAMPLE six

In another embodiment of the present application, there is provided a dishwasher comprising the above described cutlery tray 1. The specific structure of the cutlery tray 1 refers to the above embodiments, and since the cutlery tray 1 adopts all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, the dishwasher has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

The present invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments shown and described, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features herein disclosed.

Claims

1. A cutlery tray adapted for use in a dishwasher, the cutlery tray comprising:

a bottom; and

enclose the frame, enclose and locate around the bottom, and with the bottom encloses jointly and establishes the installation cavity that forms and be used for the holding tableware, it is used for dodging to enclose to be equipped with on the frame the groove of dodging of dish washer's spray arm.

2. The cutlery tray of claim 1, wherein: the depth of the avoiding groove is t₁The height of the rotating space of the spray arm is h, and the depth of the mounting cavity is t₂Said t is₁H and t₂Satisfies the following relation:

h≤t₁≤t₂。

3. the cutlery tray of claim 2, wherein: said t is₁And said t₂Also, the following relation is satisfied:

t₂/3≤t₁≤t₂/2。

4. a cutlery tray according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein: enclose be equipped with on the frame be used for the user to grip in order to pull out with the propulsion of knife and fork tray the handle portion in washing chamber in the dish washer, handle portion with dodge the groove set up respectively in enclose on the relative both sides wall of frame.

5. A cutlery tray according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein: the knife and fork tray is a plastic tray.

6. A cutlery tray according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein: the bottom is of a net structure.

7. A cutlery tray according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein: and the outer wall of the enclosure frame is provided with a roller shaft, and the roller shaft is sleeved with a roller matched with a sliding rail in a washing cavity of the dish-washing machine.

8. The cutlery tray of claim 7, wherein: the end face of the roller shaft, which is back to the enclosure frame, is provided with a vertical groove.

9. The cutlery tray of claim 7, wherein: and a chamfer structure is arranged at the edge of the end part of the roller shaft, which is back to the surrounding frame.

10. A dishwasher, characterized by: comprising a cutlery tray as claimed in any of claims 1 to 9.